28 It is I who says of (A)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd!
And he will perform all My desire.’
And [a]he declares of Jerusalem, ‘(B)She will be built,’
And of the temple, ‘[b]Your foundation will be laid.’”

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  1. Isaiah 44:28 Lit to say
  2. Isaiah 44:28 Lit You will be founded

God Uses Cyrus

45 Thus says the Lord to (A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right (B)hand,
To (C)subdue nations before him
And [a]to (D)loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

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  1. Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose

behold, I will (A)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will [a]utterly destroy them and (C)make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:9 Or put them under the ban

Now I (A)have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and I have given him also the (C)wild animals of the field to serve him.

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